EAST HARTFORD ADULT EDUCATIONThe Writing Process SyllabusSpring 2012 Day 1 6:00-6:30– Introduction Activity (Name Game); write out name, e-mail address, and phone number then expectations of course, teacher, self (on index cards that instructor keeps and re-addresses the day of Final Exam) 6:30-6:45– Laptop set-up and flash card distribution 6:45-7:00 – “Who Am I?” Finding one’s writing voice 7:00-7:30 – “How to Write Reflections;” model with Khalil Gibran’s quote “A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?”
Day 2 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up and pass out journal notebooks 6:05-6:30– Biopoem 6:30-7:00– “This I Believe: Lesson 1;” identifying Personal Essay, Personal Narrative, Personal Memoir (an essay that considers the relationship between a memorable aspect of their personal experience and its broader political, social, cultural, educational significance. The experience can be common, intense, tragic, or even humorous, but it must also reveal its relationship to the way we negotiate our lives, our political beliefs, or our roles in society.); show models on SmartBoard 7:00-7:30 – “This I Believe: Lesson 3: What Do You Think? Exercise” (individually); highlight three that you could write about
Day 3 6:00-6:05 – Laptop Set-up 6:05-6:25 – “I Am Poem” (http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm) 6:25-6:45 – “This I Believe: Lesson 3: Show Me the Money” (partners) 6:45-7:15 – “Prewriting” PowerPoint presentation; the “Show Me the Money” and “Seeing is Believing” as forms of prewriting 7:15-7:30 - Choose a different form of prewriting to enhance your “Show Me the Money” topic that is based on personal experience with the goal of writing a personal essay
Day 4 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – “Abstractions Poem” 6:15-6:30 – “Writing Thesis Statements” PowerPoint presentation 6:30-7:00 – Write up a thesis statement for “Show Me the Money;” focus on the belief or insight that you will be writing about in your essay (COLLECT THESIS STATEMENTS) 7:00-7:30 – “Thesis Statement Checklist” modeling using a student-volunteer’s thesis
Day 5 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:30 – “Personal Writing Worksheet” 6:30-6:45 – “Thesis Statement Checklist” using “What Do You Think Thesis Statements” as models 6:45-7:00 – “First Draft” PowerPoint presentation 7:00-7:30 – Write introduction around thesis statement; ALL first draft essays are due by the midterm
Day 6 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:30 – Introduction to www.etutoring.org 6:30-7:30– “Writing the Personal Essay” youtube video; continue writing introductory paragraph around the thesis statement; if finished, upload to www.etutoring.org and ask for feedback on the thesis statement (follow the checklist)
Day 7 6:00-6:05– Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – Check www.etutoring.org for feedback 6:30-7:30 – Write the first draft of essay
Day 8 6:00-6:05– Laptop set-up 6:05-6:30 – “Constructivist Poem” http://home.online.no/~anlun/gram-po.htm 6:30-7:30– “Learning to Write a Personal Narrative” youtube short video; continue writing personal essay (PRINT EACH ESSAY); give “Self Editing Checklist” worksheets to students who are done so they can edit each other’s work
Day 9 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTQzNTI3NTAzNg; “Test-Taking Assessment;” review as a class (how can this assessment be applied to the midterm exam?) 6:15-6:45 – Midterm Exam review (personal essay, personal narrative and memoir, thesis statements, 7 steps of Writing Process, prewriting techniques, first drafting, peer editing); “Thesis Statement MR” 6:45-7:30 – Finish writing first draft, self-edit paper, proofread someone else’s paper (due by Day 10) HW: Study for Midterm Exam
Day 10 6:00-6:15 – Express how you feel so far about the midterm exam. Do you feel you studied to your best potential? Why or why not? Did you take into consideration the Test-Taking Assessment when studying? What grade would you give yourself and why? 6:15-6:30 – Midterm Exam review (personal essay, personal narrative and memoir, thesis statements, 7 steps of Writing Process, prewriting techniques, first drafting, peer editing; I-Search 200-words reflection) 6:30-7:30 – Midterm Exam
Day 11 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – Is it easier to edit one’s own essay or edit someone else’s essay? Why? 6:15-6:30 – “6 Traits of Revision” PowerPoint presentation 6:30-6:45 – “The Art of Revision” by Wendy Burke 6:30-7:00 – SmartBoard model “Revision Checklist” using a student-volunteer’s essay 7:00-7:30 - Check personal essay and work on necessary revisions using “Revision Checklist” (essays due Day 12)
Day 12 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – What do you think about working on a writing assignment with someone else? 6:15-6:30 – “Writing Conferencing” PPT 6:30-6:40 – Assign cooperative writing assignment (poster paper & markers) 6:30-7:30 – Writing conferences while students work on their cooperative writing assignments OR paragraph/sentence strips; final drafts due Day 13
Day 13 6:00-6:05– Laptop Set-up 6:05-6:15 – J: Why is it awkward to read your paper out loud to your peers (Peer Conferencing) when you have made the necessary revisions? 6:30-6:45 – “Editing” PPT; discuss difference between Revision and Editing Checklist (https://sites.google.com/site/teachingrevision/thedifferencebetweenrevisionandediting); show “Proofread Marks” 6:45-7:00 – SmartBoard “Self-Editing Checklist;” model with a student-volunteer essay 6:45-7:00 – Self-edit personal essays based on checklist and conferencing 7:00-7:30 – Make the necessary revisions based on “Self-Editing Checklist;” hand in personal essays
Day 14 6:00-6:17– If you had to define yourself to a stranger, offer a definition of who you are in the same way a definition is written in a dictionary, what would that definition be and why 6:17-6:30– Read “What is a Definition Essay?” 6:30-7:00 – Prewriting Definition Essay, “60 Topic Suggestions;” complete “Definition Prewriting Diagram”; e.g. immigration (According to www.thefreedictionary.com, immigration means, “To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native.” However, nowadays, immigration is more associated with stereotypes and racial profiling.) 7:00-7:30 – Choose a different form of Prewriting technique or strategy about the definition term you will be writing about
Day 15 6:00-6:15– “Definition of Stranger” by Idra Novey Think-Aloud 6:15-6:30 – SmartBoard a model of an outline based on the word Immigration 6:30-7:00 – Choose the best dictionary definition and then write a personal definition; write a thesis statement using the “Thesis Statement Checklist” 7:00-7:30 – Based on the Definition Prewriting Diagram and the prewriting technique, write an outline of how you will write the essay
Day 16 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – You are a reporter for the local newspaper and have to choose one word to define the East Hartford Adult Education program. What would the word be and why? 6:15-6:30 – Finalize outline 6:30-7:30 – Write the introductory paragraph of definition essay 7:00-7:30 – Continue writing first draft
Day 17 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – J: What word did you choose to write your Definition Essay about and why did you choose it. Be specific? 6:15-7:30 – Complete the first draft of Definition Essays (due Day 16)
Day 16 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – Use www.etutoring.org to focus on sentence structure (run-on and fragment sentences) 6:15-6:30 – Using the “Revision Checklist” revise definition essays 6:30-7:00 – Self-edit essays using “Self-Editing Checklist” 7:00-7:30 – “Peer Edit with Perfection” PPT
Day 17 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – Check feedback from www.etutoring.org 6:15-6:30 – SmartBoard “Peer Editing Form” using student-volunteer essay 6:30-7:30 – Peer edit personal essays using “Peer Editing Form”
Day 18 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – Check feedback from www.etutoring.org 6:15-7:00 – Edit definition essays based on peer editing rather than Writing Conferences 7:00-7:30 – Final Exam Review
Day 19 6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up 6:05-6:15 – Fill out Outcome Information Forms 6:15-6:30 – In pairs, brainstorm at least 10 places online and offline where you could publish your essays; list on board 6:30-7:30 – Make final changes to essays in order to upload to Wikispace 7:00-7:30 – Final Exam Review
Day 20 6:00-6:17– J: Write a reflection on the entire course, collection of HW assignments, re-address expectations, and completion of Winter 2011-2012 Evaluation 6:17-6:30 – Final Exam Review 6:30-7:30 – Final Exam
Day 1
6:00-6:30– Introduction Activity (Name Game); write out name, e-mail address, and phone number then expectations of course, teacher, self (on index cards that instructor keeps and re-addresses the day of Final Exam)
6:30-6:45– Laptop set-up and flash card distribution
6:45-7:00 – “Who Am I?” Finding one’s writing voice
7:00-7:30 – “How to Write Reflections;” model with Khalil Gibran’s quote “A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?”
Day 2
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up and pass out journal notebooks
6:05-6:30– Biopoem
6:30-7:00– “This I Believe: Lesson 1;” identifying Personal Essay, Personal Narrative, Personal Memoir (an essay that considers the relationship between a memorable aspect of their personal experience and its broader political, social, cultural, educational significance. The experience can be common, intense, tragic, or even humorous, but it must also reveal its relationship to the way we negotiate our lives, our political beliefs, or our roles in society.); show models on SmartBoard
7:00-7:30 – “This I Believe: Lesson 3: What Do You Think? Exercise” (individually); highlight three that you could write about
Day 3
6:00-6:05 – Laptop Set-up
6:05-6:25 – “I Am Poem” (http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm)
6:25-6:45 – “This I Believe: Lesson 3: Show Me the Money” (partners)
6:45-7:15 – “Prewriting” PowerPoint presentation; the “Show Me the Money” and “Seeing is Believing” as forms of prewriting
7:15-7:30 - Choose a different form of prewriting to enhance your “Show Me the Money” topic that is based on personal experience with the goal of writing a personal essay
Day 4
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – “Abstractions Poem”
6:15-6:30 – “Writing Thesis Statements” PowerPoint presentation
6:30-7:00 – Write up a thesis statement for “Show Me the Money;” focus on the belief or insight that you will be writing about in your essay (COLLECT THESIS STATEMENTS)
7:00-7:30 – “Thesis Statement Checklist” modeling using a student-volunteer’s thesis
Day 5
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:30 – “Personal Writing Worksheet”
6:30-6:45 – “Thesis Statement Checklist” using “What Do You Think Thesis Statements” as models
6:45-7:00 – “First Draft” PowerPoint presentation
7:00-7:30 – Write introduction around thesis statement; ALL first draft essays are due by the midterm
Day 6
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:30 – Introduction to www.etutoring.org
6:30-7:30– “Writing the Personal Essay” youtube video; continue writing introductory paragraph around the thesis statement; if finished, upload to www.etutoring.org and ask for feedback on the thesis statement (follow the checklist)
Day 7
6:00-6:05– Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – Check www.etutoring.org for feedback
6:30-7:30 – Write the first draft of essay
Day 8
6:00-6:05– Laptop set-up
6:05-6:30 – “Constructivist Poem” http://home.online.no/~anlun/gram-po.htm
6:30-7:30– “Learning to Write a Personal Narrative” youtube short video; continue writing personal essay (PRINT EACH ESSAY); give “Self Editing Checklist” worksheets to students who are done so they can edit each other’s work
Day 9
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTQzNTI3NTAzNg; “Test-Taking Assessment;” review as a class (how can this assessment be applied to the midterm exam?)
6:15-6:45 – Midterm Exam review (personal essay, personal narrative and memoir, thesis statements, 7 steps of Writing Process, prewriting techniques, first drafting, peer editing); “Thesis Statement MR”
6:45-7:30 – Finish writing first draft, self-edit paper, proofread someone else’s paper (due by Day 10)
HW: Study for Midterm Exam
Day 10
6:00-6:15 – Express how you feel so far about the midterm exam. Do you feel you studied to your best potential? Why or why not? Did you take into consideration the Test-Taking Assessment when studying? What grade would you give yourself and why?
6:15-6:30 – Midterm Exam review (personal essay, personal narrative and memoir, thesis statements, 7 steps of Writing Process, prewriting techniques, first drafting, peer editing; I-Search 200-words reflection)
6:30-7:30 – Midterm Exam
Day 11
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – Is it easier to edit one’s own essay or edit someone else’s essay? Why?
6:15-6:30 – “6 Traits of Revision” PowerPoint presentation
6:30-6:45 – “The Art of Revision” by Wendy Burke
6:30-7:00 – SmartBoard model “Revision Checklist” using a student-volunteer’s essay
7:00-7:30 - Check personal essay and work on necessary revisions using “Revision Checklist” (essays due Day 12)
Day 12
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – What do you think about working on a writing assignment with someone else?
6:15-6:30 – “Writing Conferencing” PPT
6:30-6:40 – Assign cooperative writing assignment (poster paper & markers)
6:30-7:30 – Writing conferences while students work on their cooperative writing assignments OR paragraph/sentence strips; final drafts due Day 13
Day 13
6:00-6:05– Laptop Set-up
6:05-6:15 – J: Why is it awkward to read your paper out loud to your peers (Peer Conferencing) when you have made the necessary revisions?
6:30-6:45 – “Editing” PPT; discuss difference between Revision and Editing Checklist (https://sites.google.com/site/teachingrevision/thedifferencebetweenrevisionandediting); show “Proofread Marks”
6:45-7:00 – SmartBoard “Self-Editing Checklist;” model with a student-volunteer essay
6:45-7:00 – Self-edit personal essays based on checklist and conferencing
7:00-7:30 – Make the necessary revisions based on “Self-Editing Checklist;” hand in personal essays
Day 14
6:00-6:17– If you had to define yourself to a stranger, offer a definition of who you are in the same way a definition is written in a dictionary, what would that definition be and why
6:17-6:30– Read “What is a Definition Essay?”
6:30-7:00 – Prewriting Definition Essay, “60 Topic Suggestions;” complete “Definition Prewriting Diagram”; e.g. immigration (According to www.thefreedictionary.com, immigration means, “To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native.” However, nowadays, immigration is more associated with stereotypes and racial profiling.)
7:00-7:30 – Choose a different form of Prewriting technique or strategy about the definition term you will be writing about
Day 15
6:00-6:15– “Definition of Stranger” by Idra Novey Think-Aloud
6:15-6:30 – SmartBoard a model of an outline based on the word Immigration
6:30-7:00 – Choose the best dictionary definition and then write a personal definition; write a thesis statement using the “Thesis Statement Checklist”
7:00-7:30 – Based on the Definition Prewriting Diagram and the prewriting technique, write an outline of how you will write the essay
Day 16
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – You are a reporter for the local newspaper and have to choose one word to define the East Hartford Adult Education program. What would the word be and why?
6:15-6:30 – Finalize outline
6:30-7:30 – Write the introductory paragraph of definition essay
7:00-7:30 – Continue writing first draft
Day 17
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – J: What word did you choose to write your Definition Essay about and why did you choose it. Be specific?
6:15-7:30 – Complete the first draft of Definition Essays (due Day 16)
Day 16
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – Use www.etutoring.org to focus on sentence structure (run-on and fragment sentences)
6:15-6:30 – Using the “Revision Checklist” revise definition essays
6:30-7:00 – Self-edit essays using “Self-Editing Checklist”
7:00-7:30 – “Peer Edit with Perfection” PPT
Day 17
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – Check feedback from www.etutoring.org
6:15-6:30 – SmartBoard “Peer Editing Form” using student-volunteer essay
6:30-7:30 – Peer edit personal essays using “Peer Editing Form”
Day 18
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – Check feedback from www.etutoring.org
6:15-7:00 – Edit definition essays based on peer editing rather than Writing Conferences
7:00-7:30 – Final Exam Review
Day 19
6:00-6:05 – Laptop set-up
6:05-6:15 – Fill out Outcome Information Forms
6:15-6:30 – In pairs, brainstorm at least 10 places online and offline where you could publish your essays; list on board
6:30-7:30 – Make final changes to essays in order to upload to Wikispace
7:00-7:30 – Final Exam Review
Day 20
6:00-6:17– J: Write a reflection on the entire course, collection of HW assignments, re-address expectations, and completion of Winter 2011-2012 Evaluation
6:17-6:30 – Final Exam Review
6:30-7:30 – Final Exam